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Roy Porter Tops Nazi Tanks In Alsace Stand
With the 79th Division in France Lt. Col. Roy V. Porter of Cedar Rapids Iowa led the Third battalion 313th infantry against two prime Nazi units in Alsace Two days of fighting near Hatten Rittershoffen and Aschbach saw repeated tank supported counterattacks repelled by Porter's unit Supported by 304th Engineer Battalion volunteers and mortar fires Porter held his line despite heavy casualties and the loss of several enemy tanks and dozens of prisoners
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